The Three Biggest Powerpoint Mistakes


Hey!

I wanted to share a video I created that details the three biggest Powerpoint mistakes I see with clients:

#1 Pretty slide syndrome: You focus on the looks of a slide before you think about the message. While having nice slides can be helpful, it shouldn't come at the expense of your message.

#2 Information soup: You default into trying to prove you did a lot of work rather than getting to the point. Everyone hates slides crammed with endless text and data points but we do them anyway. Why? I think because synthesizing to the essence of our message is hard.

#3 Fluffy language: What do words like like "impressive" and "strong" mean? If you poll people, nothing. The answers are all over the place. "We did 5% better than last year" is better than "we had strong performance." Fluffy is for teddy bears and cute pets, not slide headers.

I share a lot more in the video and how to overcome these in this video:

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